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Low powered VGA Port x 2 Gfx Card

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  • 23-11-2012 6:17pm
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    Procrastastudy
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    Hi Guys,

    Long time no see - sorry to bugger off with not a by your leave but this board was taking up so much of my time it was bordering on addiction so I had to go cold turkey.

    I'm back looking for help (a tad cheeky I know!) I'm looking for a cheap, low powered gfx card that will power run two old monitors for the camera system at work. The PSU in the machine is a crap 300W so the lower power the better - it just needs to be able to support 2 x VGA-port monitors and allow desktop extension (not duplicate display) feel free to link me your stuff for sale if the mods don't object.


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    glynf
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    hi Procrastastudy,

    Good to see you back. What resolution are the monitors, and has the CP got AGP/ PCI/ PCI-e?

    Also worth checking what the CCTV software is, and its minimum requirements. Most IP/analog CCTV clients are CPU heavy-e.g. Milestone xprotect requires a decent-ish CPU 2.4 GHz Core 2 minimum & at least 4Gb RAM to run smoothly, anything below this and it runs slow & laggy once you open over 4/6 cams open at once. So its worth checking this out before deciding.


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    Procrastastudy
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    glynf wrote: »
    hi Procrastastudy,

    Good to see you back. What resolution are the monitors, and has the CP got AGP/ PCI/ PCI-e?

    Also worth checking what the CCTV software is, and its minimum requirements. Most IP/analog CCTV clients are CPU heavy-e.g. Milestone xprotect requires a decent-ish CPU 2.4 GHz Core 2 minimum & at least 4Gb RAM to run smoothly, anything below this and it runs slow & laggy once you open over 4/6 cams open at once. So its worth checking this out before deciding.

    Thanks :) - and Thanks for the input. It's a PCI-e slot - boss has the cameras open anyway he just wants them side by side.


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    glynf
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    Then I would go for a bog standard HD 5450 or similar Nvidia card. Use the VGA for one monitor and a DVI > VGA adapter for the second-Dual VGA cards would probably be more expensive as they are much rarer. BTW I would buy off of Komplett for the free shipping, instead of ze Boche.


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